当有人对你说“You can talk”,他真的不是想“让你说话”,而是...



小学生都认识的“You can talk”不只有“你会说话”、“你能说话”的意思,今天我们就来重新认识这句话~

“You can talk”什么意思  
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You can talk的使用场景是这样的:C姐有一个朋友经常丢三落四,其实C姐也有一样的小毛病。当C姐指责这位朋友总爱丢东西时,朋友表示不服说,“You can talk!”
伙伴们应该感受到了,其实这句话的意思是“你还好意思说”,“You can talk”是一种反驳,意味着“你没有资格批评某人”。

如果有人对你这么说,那人家是在怼你呢!
🌰举个例子 
A: Edward is always late.
爱德华总是迟到。
B: You can talk, you arrived at 11 am today.
你还好意思说,你今天11点了才到。
其他关于“talk”的表达  
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① double-talk
既可以指“故意误导、模棱两可和回避的言语”;也可以指“胡说八道、无意义的话”。
🌰举个例子 
He gave us no real reasons, just the usual politician's double-talk.
他没有告诉我们任何真正的理由,只有政客们常说的空话。
I got tired of her double talk and demanded to know the true story.
我厌倦了她的双重言论,我要求知道真实的故事。

② talk shop
深入探讨自己的行业或工作,特别指与从事相同职业的人的讨论。
🌰举个例子 
Two chemists were talking shop, and I hardly understood a word they said.
两个化学家在说行话,我一个字都听不懂。

③ talk big
吹嘘、吹牛
🌰举个例子 
She likes to talk big about how great a tennis player she is, but I don't think she's even won a tournament.
她喜欢吹嘘自己是个伟大的网球运动员,但我认为她甚至没有赢过一场联赛。

④ sweet-talk
sweet-talk 是指用甜言蜜语来奉承或哄骗某人,通常有个连字符。
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I can't believe I let him sweet talk me into lending him my car for the weekend.
我真不敢相信我居然被他花言巧语迷惑,把车借给他周末用。

⑤ talk turkey
用坦率、直接和严肃的方式讨论某事。
🌰举个例子 
We don't have much time, so let's dispense with the formalities and start talking turkey.
我们没有多少时间了,所以我们就省去繁文缛节,开门见山吧。

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